Diaphasic variation and change in French pronouns: Different uses of on with special reference to the on/nous alterations

Anita Berit Hansen

Diaphasic variation and change in French pronouns: Different uses of on with special reference to the on/nous alterations

Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies

Abstract

The French pronominal paradigm demonstrates a colloquial variation between
expressing the 1st person plural as on and as nous (On est 19 dans ma classe
meaning the same as Nous sommes 19 dans ma classe). This use of definite on
is stigmatized by some as working class and incorrect and seen as a spreading
feature, but seen by others as a stable stylistic ressource. The present article
(inspired by Coveney 2000) investigates the speech of six young Parisians in
different kinds of speech situations, in order not only to examine the possible
diaphasic dimension of the on/no us alternation, but also to look into their
other uses of on, in search of an explanation of the increasing popularity of this
pronoun in French.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Deixis and Pronouns in Romance Languages
Editors	Kirsten Jeppesen Kragh, Jan Lindschouw
Number of pages	20
Publisher	John Benjamins Publishing Company
Publication date	2013
Pages	125-144
ISBN (Print)	9789027206039
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

Faculty of Humanities
franske pronominer
variation
ændringer

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Diaphasic variation and change in French pronouns: Different uses of on with special reference to the on/nous alterations. / Hansen, Anita Berit.
Deixis and Pronouns in Romance Languages. ed. / Kirsten Jeppesen Kragh; Jan Lindschouw. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013. p. 125-144.

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